Doddridge County Roots


A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Clara India JENKINS

Clara India JENKINS

Female 1882 - 1926  (44 years)


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  • Name Clara India JENKINS
    Birth 29 Apr 1882  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1879, and 1900 Census shows it as May 1879. But her age is younger in subsequent censuses, and her death record states her birth date as Apr 29 1882, with the informant being her mother.
    Gender Female
    Residence 1896  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 24 Oct 1926  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Cause: lobar pneumonia 
    Burial WEST UNION  [1] 
    Person ID I88841  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jan 2016

    Father John Alexander "Alex" JENKINS,   b. CA 1859, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1939, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)
    Mother Arena "Rena" COSTILOW,   b. CA 1865, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1928 (Age ~ 63 years)
    Family ID F12048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Lewis GAIN,   b. 9 Mar 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1923, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    Marriage 30 Jan 1896  Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 7 1900:
      William Gains, 24, b. Jun 1876, day laborer, married 4 yrs; wife Clara, 21, b. May 1879, married 4 yrs, mother of 3 children (1 still living); son Roy, 3, b. Dec 1896.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Apr 22 1910:
      William Gain, 31, common laborer, married 14 yrs; wife Clara, 28, married 14 yrs; son Roy, 11; dau Mary, 8; son Paul, 4.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Jan 15 1920 at 311 Marie Street:
      Wm. L. Gains, 46, laborer at roads etc.; wife Clara, 39; son Roy, 22; dau Mary, 18; son Paul, 14; son Robert, 11; dau Jeanette, 5; son Arles, 3.
    Children 
     1. Roy GAIN,   b. Dec 1896
     2. Mary GAIN,   b. CA 1902
    +3. Paul Carl GAIN,   b. 5 Aug 1904, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1977 (Age 72 years)
    +4. Robert Franklin GAINS,   b. 29 Sep 1910, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1988 (Age 77 years)
    +5. Nettie Irene GAINS,   b. 26 Aug 1914, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1998 (Age 83 years)
     6. Arlis Carl GAIN,   b. 6 Jan 1917, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 2002, Sparks, Washoe Co, NV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Documents
    82989_WilliamLGaines_ClaraJenkins_MarriageRecord_30Jan1896.jpg
    82989_WilliamLGaines_ClaraJenkins_MarriageRecord_30Jan1896.jpg
    Family ID F43490  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William Snoden JONES,   b. 1 Sep 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1940, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Marriage 10 Jan 1925  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • at Israel Pinnell's residence
    Documents
    56772_WilliamSnodenJones_ClaraJenkinsGaines_MarriageRecord_10Jan1925.jpg
    56772_WilliamSnodenJones_ClaraJenkinsGaines_MarriageRecord_10Jan1925.jpg
    Family ID F38184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    88841_JONES_ClaraJenkinsGain_1882-1926_DeathCertificate.jpg
    88841_JONES_ClaraJenkinsGain_1882-1926_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 162 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792676&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 384 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795955&Type=Marriage.